Polynema ( Polynema ) fumipenne Walker, 1846

Aishan, Zhulidezi, Wang, Jin-Ling, Sharengaowa, & Triapitsyn, Serguei V., 2025, Polynema (Polynema) Haliday (Hymenoptera, Mymaridae) of Xinjiang: descriptions of three new species, with eleven new records from China, ZooKeys 1251, pp. 39-60 : 39-60

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1251.161229

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:AEC90957-ABFB-4B76-8DBB-4F17D6DA2ACF

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17054125

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EFC31516-0674-504F-9AEB-50875D344650

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scientific name

Polynema ( Polynema ) fumipenne Walker, 1846
status

 

Polynema ( Polynema) fumipenne Walker, 1846 View in CoL

Fig. 11 View Figure 11

Polynema fumipennis Walker, 1846: 52. View in CoL

Polynema fumipenne Walker: Boţoc 1963: 104. View in CoL

Material examined.

China, Xinjiang: • 1 ♀, Qinhe , 46°40'39"N, 90°19'58"E, 10.VII.2020, Qin Li et al., sweeping GoogleMaps ; • 1 ♀, Xinyuan , 43°13'24"N, 83°21'17"E, 8.VIII.2017, Hongying Hu et al., sweeping. (All in ICXU) GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis.

Female. Body length 1130–1165 μm ( n = 2). Body (Fig. 11 A View Figure 11 ) dark brown, scape and pedicel yellow, clava pale brown, petiole and legs yellow. Antenna (Fig. 11 B View Figure 11 ) with scape smooth; F 1 as long as F 4 and both the longest funiculars; clava with six mps. Mesoscutum (Fig. 11 C View Figure 11 ) smooth; pronotum with four setae on each side along the anterior margin (Fig. 11 C View Figure 11 ); propodeum (Fig. 11 C View Figure 11 ) without a median carina. Forewing (Fig. 11 D View Figure 11 ) with discal cilia extending to approximately mid-length of submarginal vein. Metacoxa (Fig. 11 E View Figure 11 ) in lateral view 0.7 × as long as petiole. Ovipositor (Fig. 11 E View Figure 11 ) slightly exserted from the apex of gaster.

Male. Unknown.

Hosts.

Unknown.

Distribution.

China ( Xinjiang); Europe.

Comments.

These specimens from Xinjiang show are very similar to the European P. fumipenne in most morphological features. However, in the former the metacoxa is 0.7 × as long as petiole, whereas in the European specimens it is slightly longer than the petiole.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Mymaridae

Genus

Polynema

SubGenus

Polynema

Loc

Polynema ( Polynema ) fumipenne Walker, 1846

Aishan, Zhulidezi, Wang, Jin-Ling, Sharengaowa, & Triapitsyn, Serguei V. 2025
2025
Loc

Polynema fumipenne

Boţoc M 1963: 104
1963
Loc

Polynema fumipennis

Walker F 1846: 52
1846